A = Two cells with resting spores (arrows=threads from the spore); B = Resting spore. (DIC)
Life-form: Cells united in chains
Size: Diameter = 18-50 µm
Resting spore: +
Note:
Distinctive features: Cells with many chloroplasts. Resting spores
Similar species: Chaetoceros teres
Distribution: Warm water region to temperate
Literature:
Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der
Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme
Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
Hasle, G. R. & Syvertsen, E. E. 1996. Marine diatoms. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 5-385.
Rines, J. E. B. & Hargraves, P. E. 1988. The Chaetoceros Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) flora of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Bibliotheca Phycologica 79: 1-196